Cliff collapse at California hiking trail leaves 1 dead

PT. REYES NATIONAL SEASHORE, Calif. (AP) — One person is dead and another being treated for life-threatening injuries after a bluff collapsed at a popular Northern California hiking trail.

San Francisco television station KPIX reports (http://cbsloc.al/1OkSBV5 ) that the two visitors were standing on the Arch Rock lookout point at Point Reyes National Seashore just before 6 p.m. on Saturday when the bluff gave way. The pair fell about 70 feet and were covered with rocks and debris.

The National Park Service had posted signs at the site two days earlier warning hikers that a fissure along the top of Arch Rock may have weakened the cliff and that walking along the edge was dangerous.

This recent but undated photo provided by Point Reyes National Seashore shows a fissure that has opened up atop Arch Rock within Point Reyes National Seashore on the Northern California coast north of San Francisco. One person is dead and another being treated for life-threatening injuries after the bluff at the end of a popular hiking trail collapsed Saturday, March 21, 2015. Two visitors were standing on the Arch Rock lookout point just before 6 p.m. when the bluff gave way. The pair fell about 70 feet and were covered with rocks and debris. One of the hikers was pronounced dead at the scene. The other was airlifted to a hospital. (AP Photo/Point Reyes National Seashore)

One of the hikers was pronounced dead at the scene. The other was airlifted to a hospital. They have not been identified.

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Information from: KPIX-TV.

This recent but undated photo provided by Point Reyes National Seashore shows a fissure that has opened up atop Arch Rock within Point Reyes National Seashore on the Northern California coast north of San Francisco. One person is dead and another being treated for life-threatening injuries after the bluff at the end of a popular hiking trail collapsed Saturday, March 21, 2015. Two visitors were standing on the Arch Rock lookout point just before 6 p.m. when the bluff gave way. The pair fell about 70 feet and were covered with rocks and debris. One of the hikers was pronounced dead at the scene. The other was airlifted to a hospital. (AP Photo/Point Reyes National Seashore)

This photo provided by Point Reyes National Seashore shows a rockslide at Arch Rock within Point Reyes National Seashore on the Northern California coast north of San Francisco Sunday, March 22, 2015. One person is dead and another being treated for life-threatening injuries after the bluff at the end of the popular hiking trail collapsed Saturday, March 21, 2015. Two visitors were standing on the Arch Rock lookout point just before 6 p.m. when the bluff gave way. The pair fell about 70 feet and were covered with rocks and debris. One of the hikers was pronounced dead at the scene. The other was airlifted to a hospital. (AP Photo/Point Reyes National Seashore)